What is the best retirement age for Social Security? Here's what statistics say |
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60 Minutes — Social Security overpayments: Tips to prevent them |
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60 Minutes — Newsmakers How Social Security's overpayment mistakes can become your responsibility |
60 Minutes
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Terry Savage: Social Security Administration makes huge mistakes |
The Chicago Tribune
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Fear Over Social Security’s Future Leads Some to Claim Retirement Benefits Early |
The Wall Street Journal
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Social Security recipients are missing out on $182,000 by claiming too early, study finds |
MarketWatch
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Want to know how a Social Security benefit cut would affect you? There are calculators for that |
CNBC
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Another Take On Starting Social Security Benefits Early |
Forbes
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Social Security and Restricted Application |
Reuters
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15 of the best insurance and finance websites for the New Year |
ThinkAdvisor
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Ask Larry: Will My Wife's Spousal Benefit Increase If I Delay? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Should I Still Suspend My Social Security Benefits? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Can I Withdraw My Social Security Benefit Instead Of Suspending It? |
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How to Max Social Security Benefits Under the New Rules |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: Social Security Isn't The Only Place To Get Dead Wrong 'Answers' |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: This Week's Huge Social Security Mistake |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Can I Still File Just For My Spousal Benefit At 66? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Is File/Suspend/Reinstate My Best Option For Raising My Social Security? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Should We Both File And Suspend To Get More Social Security? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Should We File For Social Security Next Year? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Yet Another American Is Disgracefully Mistreated By Social Security |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: What Can I Do After Being Misinformed By Social Security? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Is Filing And Suspending Still A Good Idea? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: When Should I File A Restricted Application? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: What Benefits Can I Claim Based On My Ex's Record? |
Forbes
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Does It Pay to Return to Work to Boost Future Social Security Benefits? |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: Will Early Spousal Reduce My Wife's Retirement Benefit? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Should I Collect Spousal If My Wife Has Already Filed? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Should My Wife File Just For Spousal Benefits At Full Retirement Age? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Should I File For Spousal Benefits Before FRA? |
Forbes
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Get What's Yours -- For Medicare Is a Must Read! |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Can I Divorce To Get My Spousal Benefit? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Can We Divorce, Collect Widow's Benefits On Her Late Husband, Then Remarry? |
Forbes
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How Social Security Misleads About Claiming Benefits |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: Should I Take My Retirement Benefit Early To Activate My Wife's Spousal Benefit? |
Forbes
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Why Most Retirees Lose Thousands in Social Security Benefits |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: Will My Wife's Retirement Benefit Be Lower If She Stops Working? |
Forbes
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New GAO Study Confirms That Social Security Staff Are Routinely Making Mistakes |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Is This Widow Eligible For Medicare Benefits? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: I Got Hit By Deeming. Can I Undo The Damage? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Can My Extra Social Security Benefits From Working Exceed My Extra Taxes? |
Forbes
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Should I Divorce to Get More Social Security Benefits From My Ex? |
Next Avenue
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Social Security Refuses To Verify Benefit Suspension Occurred Prior to April 30, 2016 Deadline |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Why Hasn't My Wife's Benefit Increased? |
Forbes
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Is It Time for a National Divorce Law? |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: How Can I Be Held Harmless? |
Forbes
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How to Avoid Making Social Security Mistakes |
Next Avenue
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If Social Security's 'Advice' Kept You From Suspending In Time, Call Your Members Of Congress |
Forbes
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The Huge Payoff From Claiming Social Security Wisely |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: Which Social Security Benefit Should I Claim First? |
Next Avenue
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Social Security Just Ran A $6 Trillion Deficit And No One Noticed! |
Forbes
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Why You Should Try to Tape Conversations With Social Security |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: Should I File Early And Invest My Reduced Benefits? |
Forbes
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5 Social Security Gotchas That Can Cut Your Benefits |
Next Avenue
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Social Security Benefits for Singles and the Divorced |
Next Avenue
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Ask Larry: How Should We File Under The New Law? |
Forbes
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Will Social Security Fix Its Mistake That May Be Costing You Tens of Thousands? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: File Early To Allow Spouse To Claim Full Spousal Benefits? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Will We Be Deemed If We File Now? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: When Are Survivor Benefits Based On A First Spouse Optimal? |
Forbes
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Ask Larry: Wrong Information Means A Widow Is Now Out Of Luck |
Forbes
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Social Security Q&A: Should I File Early For Cash Now? |
Forbes
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3 Social Security Horror Stories |
Forbes
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Should I Divorce to Get More Social Security Benefits From My Ex? |
Next Avenue
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Column: 3 true Social Security horror stories |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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5 secrets and 5 gotchas to help you navigate Social Security’s new rules |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Today is your last day to take advantage of a Social Security loophole |
MarketPlace
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Last call to pursue Social Security’s file and suspend strategy! |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How a Bestseller Helped Change the Rules of Retirement |
Bloomberg
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Just 10 days left to meet Social Security’s April 29 deadline |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: What’s the real deadline for the file and suspend strategy? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Do the recent changes in Social Security rules allow you to file and suspend? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What if you can’t get an appointment with Social Security before the file and suspend deadline? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Don’t take a one-time payment. You can’t count on dying on time |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When should I take my Social Security? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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We’re talking about inequality all wrong |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security’s divorced widow abuse — an isolated case? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Social Security staffers are clueless about the new law |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can my ex collect Social Security on my work record? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Why has Social Security staff been breaking the new law? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Urgent message to Social Security staff — please learn the new law! |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Social Security advice for the dazed and confused |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Should you file for your Social Security benefits online, over the phone or in person? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How will getting divorced affect my Social Security benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Does the new Social Security law stop you from reclaiming your suspended benefits? Maybe not |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What you should know about Social Security childhood disability benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can I return to work and still receive Social Security disability benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When Social Security’s advice just doesn’t add up |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Is the effective deadline to file and suspend later than everyone thinks? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: What you need to know about file and suspend under the new Social Security rules |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Ignore this piece of advice from Social Security to get maximum coverage |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The End of Social Security Loopholes: What Now? |
New York Times
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Column: Widows lose thousands in Social Security benefits due to misinformation |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: 12 secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits under the new rules |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: This is not how you fix Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Congress is pulling the rug out from people’s retirement decisions |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Proposed budget bill would have devastating effects on millions’ Social Security benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Column: Does Social Security benefit the rich more than the poor? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Should you take Social Security early to avoid a likely massive Medicare premium increase in 2016? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What you should know about Social Security disability benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Do I qualify for both V.A. benefits and Social Security disability benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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A little known Social Security hack for divorcees looking to remarry |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How soon after the wedding can I start collecting social security benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What happens to your Social Security benefit when you marry? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security mix-up? Here’s what you should do |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Should you collect Social Security early and invest your benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security turns 80. Should we cheer or cry? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When it comes to Social Security, patience provides a tremendous return |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security whistleblower claims widows losing thousands due to agency mistakes |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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If Social Security tells you you’re dead, don’t believe them |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The problem with quick and easy Social Security calculators |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Hurray if you’re gay! Time to get what’s yours from Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Is it time for a national divorce law too? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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No matter what they tell you, it’s not a question: You can suspend your Social Security benefit |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Are you getting a fair divorce? The economist’s take |
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New survey confirms no one understands Social Security. Do you? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can you collect your late spouse’s Social Security and still work? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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25 examples of why you can’t trust what Social Security says |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What Social Security has yet to get right: It’s your maximum age of life that matters |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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A cautionary tale about taking retroactive Social Security benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Playing God with Social Security fairness |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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10 tricks to raise your retirement living standard |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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20 reasons why I think Social Security is sexist |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How do grandkids fit into the Social Security formula? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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If you can solve this puzzle, you can maximize your Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why you should shop Social Security offices for the best deal |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why shouldn’t I take Social Security early so I can enjoy my retirement? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why maximizing your Social Security won’t bankrupt the system |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Am I receiving extra Social Security credit for my military service? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Your relationship means nothing to Social Security unless you’re married |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Spousal benefits, you say? Does age difference matter? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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10 Social Security rules that are insane |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How to get what’s yours from Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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4 reasons not to trust Social Security’s benefit estimates |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How to collect your ex’s Social Security, even if you’re not speaking |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How can Uncle Sam keep our unused Social Security benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security’s Christmas present: Benefit cuts for millions of disabled workers |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What’s the most fiscally responsible country in the developed world? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The Best Way to Claim Social Security After Losing a Spouse |
Time
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How many husbands’ Social Security benefits can you collect? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security 101: Don’t count on dying on time |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Are more FICA taxes worth it? Social Security as longevity insurance |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Will Social Security count my big earnings if I lose my job before 66? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why does it feel like Social Security’s ripping me off? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Social Security still discriminates against same-sex couples |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Collect your Social Security as if you may live to 100 |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Retiring? Here’s how to get an extra month of Social Security benefits for free |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When Social Security will let you take only one benefit at a time |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Social Security denied one woman the advice she deserved |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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4 Social Security tips for boomers who never married |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Expecting a public pension? Don’t hold your breath for Social Security too |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Yes, Social Security can cancel your benefit. This is how |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can’t stand your spouse? Here’s a secret about collecting divorcée Social Security benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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You have your Social Security strategy all wrong |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What’s the cost of returning to work after taking Social Security early? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What all remarried newlyweds need to know about Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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You need to dump your hubby and collect on your ex |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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You’re Not the Only Loser When Taking Social Security Early |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How one family can collect 8 different Social Security benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Is my Social Security check fair? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The easiest way to get higher Social Security benefits: keep working |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Social Security and Viagra: A case of accidental death and widows benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How do stay-at-home parents collect Social Security? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What all Americans and their representatives need to know about Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Will Social Security Tell Me If I'm Leaving Benefits On the Table |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Social Security should guide when you marry a younger partner |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Deciding when to take Social Security widows benefits can’t get more complicated |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How your lifetime Social Security benefits could be higher |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What Maxing Out Your Social Security Benefits Looks Like in Dollars |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What Social Security's Survivors Planner Won't Tell You About Taking Widows Benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Your Social Security benefits depend on the specifics |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why Social Security lowballs benefit estimates |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Protecting your spouse’s Social Security when cancer cuts your time short |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How the Social Security system rips off poor people |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How to maximize Social Security benefits if Congress targets file-and-suspend strategy |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Calling out Social Security for its awful inequities |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why we need to tell Social Security who our families are |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Using economic magic to pull retirement money out of a hat |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Big Retirement Mistake: Thinking You Know When To Claim Social Security, When You Don't |
Forbes
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How one call to Social Security could doom your financial future |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Yes, You Can Cash In On Multiple Exes’ Social Security benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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You’re in love: Now how do you maximize your Social Security? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Social Security could affect your eligibility for food stamps or other public assistance |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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To triple-dip the Social Security system, get divorced |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Even If Your Unemployment Checks Have Stopped, Think Twice About Taking Social Security Early |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Avoid the Social Security Nightmare That Doomed This Couple |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Do Not Take Social Security Benefits Early Just Because You Think You Can Invest Them at a Profit |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why Many Widows Lose Nothing from Taking Survivor Benefits Early |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Is Social Security Contributing to the Deficit? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How to Suspend Social Security Benefits and Restart Them at a Higher Value |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: I Learn Something About Social Security's Arcane Provisions Every Day |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Boomers Beware: Are Online Social Security Benefit Calculators Safe? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Poor Advice May Have Denied This Woman Extra Social Security Benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Social Security Discriminates Against Young Divorced Parents |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why Baby Boomers Are Making the Wrong Social Security Moves |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Gen X and Y, It's Time to Make 'Your' Social Security Retirement Decisions |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Social Security Keeps Divorcées and Widows in the Dark About Their Benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When Social Security's Advisers Get It Wrong |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Collecting on Your Ex's Social Security: When and How? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When Life Partners Should Marry to Benefit from Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Survivor and Spousal Benefits: How Much? And When? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Am I Bankrupting Social Security by Taking Benefits I May Not Need? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The Danger of Trusting Social Security's Online Advice |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When to Take Social Security When You Expect Your Spouse to Outlive You |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The High Cost to Your Family of Filing for Social Security at 62, Even If You Need the Money |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can You Trust Social Security's Estimates of Your Benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Could Even Suze Orman's Social Security Advice Be Wrong? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Marriage and Divorce Affect Your Social Security Payments |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Treat Social Security as Insurance Against One of Life's Most Expensive Accidents: Failing to Die on Time |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Losing Your Breadwinner: Can the Family Maximum Benefit Make Things Worse? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: Why I Advised a Terminal Cancer Patient Not To Take Social Security Right Away |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Will There Be a Cost-of-Living Increase for Social Security Benefits This Year? If So, How Much? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why Can't America's Social Security System Be as Simple as New Zealand's? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Should We Value Our Future Social Security Benefits |
Yahoo
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What Happens to My Spouse's Social Security Benefit If I Die? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Is It Worth Taking Social Security Early and Investing the Benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Gay Couples Can Now Cash In On Social Security By Getting Married |
Forbes
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When It May Actually Make Sense to Take Social Security Early |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Not Everyone Thinks You Should Wait Until 70 to Take Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can You Take More Than One Social Security Benefit at a Time? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The Perils of Taking Your Social Security Benefits Too Early |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Will Social Security Benefits Increase This Year? By How Much? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Underfunded Is Social Security and How Might It Be Fixed? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Not All Social Security Advice Is Good Advice |
Yahoo
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No One Should Wait Until After 70 to Take Social Security |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What's the Maximum a Couple Can Collect Monthly from Social Security? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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What To Do If Social Security Says You Can't File and Suspend |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How to Take Social Security If You Earn a Lot More Than Your Spouse |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How a 'Start-Stop-Start' Strategy Can Maximize Your Social Security Benefits |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Unfair Is Social Security's Maximum Family Benefit? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Why Not Raise the Social Security Payroll Ceiling and Other SS Questions |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How to Maximize Social Security If Disabled and Other SS Questions |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Inside Social Security’s Obscure Incentive to Keep Americans Working |
Yahoo
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Social Security's Huge Obscure Incentive to Keep Working |
Forbes
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What's the Best Age to Take Spousal and Survivor Benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Has My Social Security Office Given Me Bad Advice? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When To Take Social Security? There’s No Easy Answer |
Yahoo
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How to Delay Your Social Security and Get the Most for Your Spouse |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Can an Ex Collect from His Older Ex-Wife When She Hits 66? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Real Danger of Old Age Is Outliving your Savings |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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How Do I Get More Social Security From My Ex? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: Can Marriage, Then Divorce Be Worth $60K? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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When Should I Take Social Security?-- A 'Simple' Formula |
Forbes
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44 Social Security "Secrets" for Current and Future Recipients |
Forbes
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Ten Nasty Social Security Gotchas to Avoid |
Forbes
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Larry Answers Social Security Questions on the Divorced, Disabled, Deceased |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Larry Kotlikoff Answers Your Social Security Questions |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: If I Marry My Girlfriend in Let's Say Tailand, Can She Collect Survivor Benefits After I Kick? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: Can Social Security Cover Care for Children with Down Syndrome? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: Do I Need to Sell My Home So I Can Retire? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: Can a Thirty Something in Good Health Collect Social Security? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: Can I Get Medicaid Without Losing Social Security Benefits? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: What Do I Do If My Ex Never Paid My Social Security Tax? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS? |
PBS NEWSHOUR
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The Wrong Answer |
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How to Use Consumption Smoothing to Plan for Retirement |
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ESPlanner Basic Retirement Calculator Review |
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Retirement Researcher Blog |
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